Author: Maribeth

I'm a 28-year-old novelist, a small-town Southern girl, a history nerd, a dedicated fangirl, and the eldest of nine kids. But most importantly, I'm a servant of Jesus Christ and seek to glorify him in everything I do!

My parents gave me Victoria Season 2 for my 26th birthday! After living on spoilers for so long, it was SO SATISFYING to finally get to see it for myself. And no, the spoilers did not ruin the experience. If anything, they prepared me for certain heartbreaks, objectionable content, and lots of fluff. (Because I need to be emotionally prepared even... Continue Reading →

My dear friend Evangeline from Over The Hills sent me this tag--and I admit I was very excited about it. I did a similar tag last January just as I was getting into Band of Brothers, and the past twelve months or so have been full of watching (or re-watching) other great period dramas. Rule #1: Answer... Continue Reading →

It's taken me a while, thanks to the fact that it took so long for the DVD to be released, but at long last, I've seen The Crown! My sister Anna got Season 1 for Christmas while I got my own copy of Victoria's Season 1. We've been very busy "Queening," as Matt Smith's Prince Philip would... Continue Reading →

After the ghastly train wreck that was 2016, 2017 was far more enjoyable! When I look back on the struggling, heart-sore person I was at the end of last year, I can definitely see how far the Lord has brought me. "'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home!"... Continue Reading →

Actually I'm not sure what's so holly-jolly about this post except that I'm full of Christmas cheer these days--and on that happy note, I was thrilled when Jamie of Through Two Blue Eyes tagged me in this fun challenge! Without further ado...allons-y! (That's French for "let's go." *wink*) (And by the way, all of the... Continue Reading →

Guess who reached her goal of 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month today? For those who may not remember, I decided to do NaNoWriMo for the first time after finishing the first draft of my sci-fi novel, Lionhearted. I chose as my project a crossover fanfiction idea: a historically-impossible-but-alternate-universe-worthy story where Queen Victoria is forced to... Continue Reading →

You never know what things will lead to, y'know? I watched Victoria a little over a month ago, fell head-over-heels in love with the story of one of England's greatest queens, and came up with a delightful idea for a NaNoWriMo project. Which, by the way, is coming along swimmingly. I'm working on my synopsis (somehow it's... Continue Reading →

I'm about to tell you a story I haven'treally shared on this blog. Oh, I've mentioned it here and there, or at least alluded to it, but I've never told it in detail. A year ago tomorrow, I was lying in bed crying. Hard. I'd just experienced an awful Thing and I was traumatized, heartbroken, and... Continue Reading →